Christian Memories of the Maccabean Martyrs

Book info: Christian Memories of the Maccabean Martyrs (Paperback, 263 pages) – Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. Language: English.

This book examines texts and materials, ranging from the eastern Mediterranean to northwestern Europe, related to the Maccabean martyrs. Joslyn-Siemiatkoski demonstrates that Christian thinkers constructed memories of the Maccabean martyrs that simultaneously appropriated Jewish traditions and obscured the Jewish origins of Christianity. Editorial Reviews Review

" Christian Memories of the Maccabean Martyrs is an eloquently written and richly documented study on interfaith devotion and commemoration of the Maccabean Martyrs from the early to late Medieval period. By examininghow Christians appropriated and created collective memories of these Jewish martyrs alongside the parallel continuation and cultivation of memory and devotion of them among Jews,Joslyn-Siemiatkoski provides a model study on Jewish/Christian interfaith culture." - Darleen Pryds, Associate Professor of Christian Spirituality and Medieval History, Franciscan School of Theology

About the Author
DANIEL JOSLYN-SIEMIATKOSKI is Assistant Professor of Church History at Church Divinity School of the Pacific, a founding member of the Graduate Theological Union, in Berkeley, California, USA.